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Scorpius is a constellation in the Southern sky located near the center of the Milky Way, positioned between the constellations Libra and Sagittarius. It is an ancient constellation recognized since before Greek times and was formally catalogued by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the second century as one of 48 official constellations.
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Key facts
- Constellation.name
- Scorpius
- Constellation.abbreviation
- Sco
- Constellation.genitive
- Scorpii
- Constellation.pronounce
- , genitive
- Constellation.symbolism
- the Scorpion
- Constellation.family
- Zodiac
- Constellation.quadrant
- SQ3
- Constellation.areatotal
- 497
- Constellation.arearank
- 33rd
- Constellation.numbermainstars
- 18
- Constellation.numberbfstars
- 47
- Constellation.numberbrightstars
- 13
- Constellation.numbernearbystars
- 3
- Constellation.brighteststarname
- Antares (α Sco)
- Constellation.starmagnitude
- 0.96
- Constellation.neareststarname
- Gliese 682
- Constellation.stardistancely
- 16.33
- Constellation.stardistancepc
- 5.01
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- zodiacal constellation
- Named after
- scorpion
- Official name
- Scorpius
- Area
- 497
- Shares border with
- Corona Australis
- Image
- ScorpiusCC.jpg
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- notation
- ♏
- Commons category
- Scorpius (constellation)
- topic's main category
- Category:Scorpius
- Commons gallery
- Scorpius
- partially coincident with
- Scorpio
- short name
- Sco
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Article · Deutsch
Der Skorpion (lateinisch Scorpio, Scorpius, Scorpios; astronomisches Zeichen ♏; Name der IAU Scorpius, abgekürzt Sco) ist ein Sternbild der Ekliptik.
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